1952, Paris. Nadia, a Red Diaper baby, has a sister, Polish parents, and at 15 is an active Communist. When cops beat her during an anti-American demonstration, she's rescued by a "Match" photographer. As the friendship becomes a love affair and her slogans are tested by new knowledge and emotion, some of the Red youth want to expel her. When she goes with Stéphane to a seaside photo shoot, her father goes to the police. Stéphane faces charges, so leaving to cover the war in Indochina looks appealing. In a parallel story, Nadia's mother meets again her prewar lover, released from Siberia, who challenges the French Reds with very real scars and word of Stalin's anti-Semitism.
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Cast
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Charlotte Valandrey
Nadia
Known for
Napoleon
Tomorrow Is Ours
Lambert Wilson
Stéphane
Known for
Catwoman
Babylon A.D.
Marthe Keller
Bronka
Known for
Marathon Man
Marie Antoinette
Laurent Terzieff
Moishe
Known for
The Milky Way
Woman in Chains
Günter Lamprecht
Herschel
Known for
Das Boot
World on a Wire
Laurent Arnal
Roland
Known for
Chocolat
Elsa Lunghini
Rosa
Known for
Ici tout commence
The Inquisitor
Isabelle Nanty
Jeanine
Known for
Amélie
The Tuche Family
Véra Belmont Director · Guy Konopnicki Writer David Milhaud Writer
Worldwide gross $5.6M · First release November 27, 1985 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$5,600,000
Production
Aldo Lado
Production
C&H-Film Berlin
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Farena Films
Production
Films A2
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Stéphan Films
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France
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Original title
Rouge baiser
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 27, 1985
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No release date listed for United States.
Russia
March 31, 1990 · Limited theatrical · The Jewish Film Festival, Moscow
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